Executive Papers of Governor John Floyd, 1830-1834

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Executive Papers of Governor John Floyd, 1830-1834

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Virginia. Governor (1830-1834 : Floyd)

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John Floyd was born at Floyds Station in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on 24 April 1783 to John Floyd and Jane Buchanan. Educated at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Floyd was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1806 while under the care of Dr. Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia. Floyd settled in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, where he practiced medicine. Serving as a surgeon in the Virginia Militia from 1807 to 1812, Floyd w...